喜樂美語

這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 -ing form of be · living creature

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being

v

This 'being' is purely the -ing form of the verb 'be' doing work. You can picture it as 'be' put into mid-action so it can slot into other structures — continuous tenses, passives, or a lead-in clause that quietly supplies a reason.

這個 being 純粹是動詞 be 的 -ing 形式，做的是文法上的活。可以想成把 be 放進「正在進行」的狀態，好讓它能插進別的結構裡——進行式、被動式，或是放在句首悄悄帶出一個原因的分詞片語。

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be 的分詞用法

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-ing form of be · verb · A1

The -ing form of 'be', used to make continuous tenses or passive structures.

be 的現在分詞

A second word, same spelling

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being

n

This 'being' is the noun side of the verb 'to be' — the fact of existing, made into a thing. You can picture it as the raw state of 'is-ness': from there it points either at a thing that exists (a creature), or inward at the very core of what someone is.

這個 being 是動詞 to be（存在）凝結成的名詞——把「存在」這件事本身當成一個東西來看。可以想成「正在 is 的那個狀態」：從這裡出發，它可以指向一個存在的個體（一個生命），也可以往內指向一個人最核心的那塊自我。

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存在這件事

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living creature · noun · B1

A living thing, especially a person or creature.

生命體／存在物

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意思相近

sinceasgiven thatbecause

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複數 beings

意思相反

cease to existdisappearend

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

beingnoun/ˈbiː.ɪŋ/

  • 1

    A living creature.

    • Minute grew into minute, and still there was no sign of life, nor did the curtain move; but I felt the gaze of the unknown being sinking through and through me, and filling me with a nameless terror, till the perspiration stood in beads upon my brow.
  • 2

    The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.

    • 1608-1634, John Webster (and perhaps Thomas Heywood), Appius and Virginia Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being.
    • For the service to be considered was not the service of one servant, but of two servants, and even of three servants, and even of an infinity of servants, of whom the first could not out till the second up, nor the second up till the third in, nor the third in till the first out, nor the first out till the third in, nor the third in till the second up, nor the second up till the first out, every going, every being, every coming consisting with a being and a coming, a coming and a going, a going and a being, nay with all the beings and all the comings, with all the comings and all the goings, with all the goings and all the beings, of all the servants that had ever served Mr. Knott, of all the servants that ever would serve Mr. Knott.
  • 3

    human-sciencesphilosophysciencesThat which has actuality (materially or in concept).

  • 4

    human-sciencesphilosophysciencesOne's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.

  • 5

    obsoleteAn abode; a cottage.

    • It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.

beingconj/ˈbiː.ɪŋ/

  • 1

    Given that; since.

    • ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].

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